42 of 52

Presenting.....My new washer :)
My daughter took this one for me...she was rolling her eyes at the idea! Anyway, no pictures of grammie & baby this week. It's going to be several weeks before I get to see her again and I'm going to be going thru withdrawals badly!


Before I left to go to my daughters for a week, with the last load of laundry in my washer, my washer filled with water but would go no further. Luckily I have another set downstairs, so took all the clothes out, wrung the extra water out by hand, took them downstairs to wash, then back upstairs to the dryer as my dryer downstairs is not very good and takes forever to dry.
Then I was gone for a week, came home and since my husband was super busy and gone most of the week on jobs himself, the washer was still sitting with water in it. Yuck!
He sucked the water out with the shop vac, called the repair man who came and informed me that it would cost nearly $400 to fix it. WHAT? I screeched (well, not really) That washer isn't even that old! "Well....it is 8 years" He informed me.
Right. That's still baby age in my opinion. My old washer was 20+ years when it finally died, and my "old set" downstairs is over that too! GRRRR!
My opinion of appliances and about a hundred other things that are made so cheaply now they die in a couple of years is really not too good! To say nothing of the fact that the "normal" person cannot even look at them to tell what is wrong, let alone fix them themselves.
I could go on & on about all that, but I'm sure you've already gotten glassy eyed from reading this far, so I'll just say so far I love it, it's VERY different, holds a ton, works great, is so quiet I can't hear it running unless I'm right in the room and I plan to enjoy it since I had to get it.
My dryer has outlasted both my old washer, & last new one, and other than wishing I had a matching set, I really couldn't find a good reason to buy a new one. You can bet my next dryer (if this one ever does die) won't last 25 years either.

41 of 52 weeks

I can hardly believe it's already 41 weeks.....that really seems impossible. That means this year is nearly over, and I still have a whole lot to do! Well, not only do I have a lot to do as always, but several events that are going to happen whether I'm ready or not, and I'd prefer to be ready & not stressed!!
Last weekend we went out to spend the weekend with our kids/grandkids, which was quite a treat as we have few weekends free & away from home.
We went to a parade, even mama & new baby! She slept thru the whole thing.



Jeanne, my oldest, Lyrah, my youngest grandchild, me & Kaela, my youngest child.

Trey & Kyrie had front row seats, ready to jump up and rake in the candy! This parade was quite generous with the candy, I must say! That does make it a whole lot more fun.

The day was pretty nice, but we were sitting on the shady side of the street, and hot chocolate was a warm treat!

Kyrie really didn't know quite what to make of this funny dude!


I stayed with Jeanne this week to help out:

Wearing the baby...yes, she's really in there. Just as comfy as can be!

Kyrie (nearly 5 yr old grandaughter) came over to spend one day & night with me, & kept busy asking me what she could do to help! We made bread, & she was cracking my egg, pouring in the ingredients & mixing for me.

Leon, before he left for home Sunday afternoon.

Mama & baby--Sunday 1 week

All dressed up in the little dress I got for Kyrie when she was born. (along with a headband from Dalayna!)

Grammie & Papa--#4 grandbaby

40 weeks and a new baby!!!

I'm working on more pictures for this post but don't have them ready yet so I will just put these for right now. Check back later if you want to see more of our latest little adorable grandbaby girl!!

A new baby!

Our new grandaughter is here!!
Born at our home, Saturday Sept 26, 2009.
7# and 18 3/4 inches long
Lyrah Renee (LYrah)

39 weeks

Week 39, of 52 weeks, Mom in the picture.

I am not at home on my computer, so don't have access to my 52 weeks button. Also I can't get this computer to do what I want exactly, so my pictures aren't in the order I wish. Ah well.....

I am at my daughters house for a couple days this week, helping her get some cleaning, organizing & de-cluttering around the house before the baby arrives! We're pretty excited, and getting quite anxious to meet the new baby! Today is Jeanne's last day of work, and that's exciting too.

Maybe, maybe by next week we'll have new baby pictures to post? but in the mean time, here is me with Jeanne, our oldest, and baby to be, their first.

Jeanne is 39 weeks along this week too, how fun is that?!

What I found on my Fridge this morning....

After I got home from taking kids to school---Wrote & posted by Kaela.
Kaela is having a friend over after school today, (it's a rare occasion at our house) and she is so excited!
On the fridge is where I post notes to my kids, or from the school, things that we don't want to forget.

38 weeks (along)!!

Hmm, 38 weeks, sounds like I'm expecting a baby or something. YES! Actually I am; A grandbaby girl, due in 2 weeks! WOW! THAT IS ONLY 2 WEEKS!! Yes, I'm getting very excited, and you can know what to expect for my "mom's in the picture" in the very near future!
This will be the first baby for our oldest daughter! Our 4th grandchild. Two more months and we'll also welcome grandbaby #5.
Things are gearing up here, so much going on and to do for the rest of the year. 2 babies, 2 baby showers, 2 trips to ND, a wedding to get ready for Dec 31 plus countless "normal everyday life" things to do and think about.

September brings another birthday in our family, plus two of her cousins. Meshayla and Rebecca are two days apart, Rebecca Sept 11 and Meshayla the 13th. Our closest "twin-cousins" They were both born at 7:06 in the morning. Their cousin Landon is a year younger than them, born on Sept 21. The girls have had their birthday parties together every year since they were 4, the year my sister moved back here from Arizona.
This year because of all of our crazy schedules we combined Landon's birthday party with the girls, and also added Jackson's birthday too. Poor lil' guy...his was actually the end of July and my sisters family schedule was even more crazy than ours, because they didn't have a chance to have a party for him before this!
We did the party up good, they each got their own cake, and the older boys got to have a "sleep"-over in the barn at my sis's country house. The girls had their sleeplessness in the house and by the time it was all over, I think my sis signed a BIG SIGH OF RELIEF!! 5 young teen boys, and 2 teen girl cousins, plenty of mountain dew & monster drinks plus snacks doesn't make for much sleep on anyone's part!

Now for the pictures....
It's Party time!!



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Meshayla & me.


Becca & Shay--our 15 yr olds!

My sis, Luanne, Rebecca, Meshayla & me

Jackson K, (8) Rebecca L, & Meshayla (15)& Landon K (14)









It's our family ritual to let the birthday child pick where to go out to eat for their birthday. This year Meshayla's pick was Skeeter Barnes. Good choice Meshayla-- free dessert too! Of course the camera had to go along, and guess what? she didn't even protest the pictures!

I have others, but I think I will add them in a slide show on this post in the next couple days, so if you want to see more, stop back by. Time to let this be all for now!